Summary: A quintessential New York story. For over 70 years, the influential Fashion Calendar with its iconic pink pages laid out every fashion event in New York City, including New York Fashion Week. Behind it was founder Ruth Finley. In 2014, Ruth returned at 95 and sold the Fashion Calendar to the Council of Fashion Designers of America. This documentary examines this momentous transition, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CALBomer, Matt
Summary: Explores the creation and popularity of the International Male clothing catalog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allied Vaughn 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ALLSummary: Featuring live action and animation, this movie examines the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DIRSummary: Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY SUMSummary: Explores the motivation behind European global subjugation, the history of rarely discussed vast West African empires, how germ warfare is used on melanted people, and the history of slave breeding farms in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HIDSummary: Yosemite National Park embraces nearly 1,200 square miles located near the Sierra Mountains in California. One of the world's pre-eminent scenic wonders. Encompasses mountains, tranquil valleys, roaring rivers, mist-enshrouded waterfalls and groves of giant sequoias - the largest living things on Earth. Enjoy the sights of the massive granite shapes of Half Dome, El Capitan and Cathedral Rock,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Times 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.94 DISSummary: The Corporation charts the spectacular rise of the corporation as a dramatic, pervasive presence in our everyday lives. With a deft mix of humor, visual panache and seriousness, this documentary is a timely, entertaining critique of global conglomerates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CORSummary: Aryana Farshad's quest in her native Iran to explore the religious rituals and traditions that have fascinated the Western world for centuries. Includes rare glimpses of the women's chamber at the Great Mosque, the fire rituals in Zarathustra, and the dance of the Dervishes in Kurdistan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Questar, Inc. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200 MYS1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MYS
Summary: "Within the last half century, our agricultural and food industries have changed more than ... ever before. New technologies and scientific ingenuity have given rise to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and other man-made foods. People have begun to raise concerns about the safety of GMOs in our food supply, given their incredible dominance in a large portion of our diets. Traditional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: KITG Productions 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A deep dive into the life of Stewart Brand, a legendary pioneer of LSD, cyberspace, futurism, and modern environmentalism. Brand created the revolutionary do-it-yourself publication The Whole Earth Catalog, which Steve Jobs famously called ₃Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google existed.₄
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WESummary: A comprehensive documentary about the mingling of cultural and social influences that have made basketball what it is today. Appropriate credit goes to the game's official inventor, Dr. James Naismith. Also explores the YMCA's early role as a "pipeline for spreading basketball over the world". Pays tribute to the old Knickerbockers and Philadelphia Warriors legends, among others, who comprise...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONERidley, Daisy
Summary: Follows Aisholpan, a thirteen-year-old girl in Mongolia training to become an eagle hunter, a tradition usually passed from father to son.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Enter 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EAGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EAG RATED GSummary: Paul Sorenson has a unique connection with his colleagues: a team of sheep dogs. For 40 years, he's worked to develop smarter and more intuitive training methods for fellow farmers, while grappling with memories of a difficult childhood. Reaching retirement, the veteran dog whisperer passes his knowledge to the next generation of shepherds, and reflects on the sacrifices he's made to pursue his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OLDSummary: In this documentary, Che Smith (a.k.a. Rhymefest, the Grammy-winning rapper) reunites with his father, an alcoholic living on the streets of Chicago, and struggles to deliver him to safety and an existence that is productive and meaningful, in essence, taking responsibility for the man who had abandoned him as a young child.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INSummary: National headlines blazed the story: Churchgoers Gunned Down During Prayer Service in Charleston. South Carolina. After a 21-year-old white supremacist opened fire in Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, nine African Americans lay dead, leaving their families and the nation to grapple with this senseless act of terror. Featuring intimate interviews with survivors and family members. From...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EMABerman, Ari
Summary: Looks at the fight to end gerrymandering and the influence it has on American elections.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2020
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SLASummary: "Dogs on the Inside follows the relationships between abused stray dogs and prison inmates working towards a second chance at a better life. In an attempt to re-build their confidence and prepare for a new life outside, these prisoners must first learn to handle and care for a group of neglected strays. This heart-warming story reconfirms the timeless connection between man and dog, showing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DOGSummary: An intimate look at pioneering artist George Platt Lynes, who took radically explicit photographs of the male nude. The documentary reveals Lynes' gifted eye for the male form, his long-term friendships with Gertrude Stein and Alfred Kinsey, and his lasting influence as one of the first openly gay American artists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC HIDSummary: Aaron Swartz was a programming prodigy who helped shape the digital landscape of today. He helped develop the internet protocol RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit. Chronicling his pioneering efforts crusading for open access and free speech and the resulting legal nightmare and tragedy that ensued, the documentary is a dynamic and moving portrait of a brilliant tech millionaire who renounced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INTSummary: In October 1993, two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in Mogadishu, Somalia. With the special forces pinned down at the crash sites, the 2nd Battalion 14th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division (2-14) engaged in a ferocious fight to reach the soldiers and bring them home. The infamous event is now shared in riveting detail by the troops and commanders who showed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc BlSummary: With unprecedented access, this behind-the-scenes chronicle follows director Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald's encounters with whistle-blower Edward Snowden in a hotel room in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents that provide evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the NSA.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CIT RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CITSummary: Every year the United States hires 250,000 new teachers. On September 7, five teachers will begin their new journey. These five young teachers fight the real fight: educating our children, one child at a time. Shows the human side of the story, revealing all the determination and commitment it takes to survive in America's toughest school systems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIRSummary: Explores the nature of Islam and unfolds many of its inner-dimensions. It dispels many myths and discusses contributions to science and math.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 LEGSummary: Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own complicated inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2015